The Holy Qur'an: Al-Muddathir (The Cloaked One)

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Legend: R = Revelational Circumstance | X = Abrogated | C = Commentary
E = Contradiction | Mc = Meccan Surah | Md = Medinan Surah | No. = Chronological Order

In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

¹ O thou wrapped up (in the mantle)!^R

² Arise and deliver thy warning!

³ And thy Lord do thou magnify!

⁴ And thy garments keep free from stain!

⁵ And all abomination shun!

⁶ Nor expect, in giving, any increase (for thyself)!

⁷ But, for thy Lord's (Cause), be patient and constant!

⁸ Finally, when the Trumpet is sounded,

⁹ That will be- that Day - a Day of Distress,-

¹⁰ Far from easy for those without Faith.

¹¹ Leave Me alone, (to deal) with the (creature) whom I created (bare and) alone!-^X

¹² To whom I granted resources in abundance,

¹³ And sons to be by his side!-

¹⁴ To whom I made (life) smooth and comfortable!

¹⁵ Yet is he greedy-that I should add (yet more);-

¹⁶ By no means! For to Our Signs he has been refractory!

¹⁷ Soon will I visit him with a mount of calamities!

¹⁸ For he thought and he plotted;-

¹⁹ And woe to him! How he plotted!-

²⁰ Yea, Woe to him; How he plotted!-

²¹ Then he looked round;

²² Then he frowned and he scowled;

²³ Then he turned back and was haughty;

²⁴ Then said he: "This is nothing but magic, derived from of old;

²⁵ "This is nothing but the word of a mortal!"

²⁶ Soon will I cast him into Hell-Fire!

²⁷ And what will explain to thee what Hell-Fire is?

²⁸ Naught doth it permit to endure, and naught doth it leave alone!-

²⁹ Darkening and changing the colour of man!

³⁰ Over it are Nineteen.^C

³¹ And We have set none but angels as Guardians of the Fire; and We have fixed their number only as a trial for Unbelievers,- in order that the People of the Book may arrive at certainty, and the Believers may increase in Faith,- and that no doubts may be left for the People of the Book and the Believers, and that those in whose hearts is a disease and the Unbelievers may say, "What symbol doth Allah intend by this ?" Thus doth Allah leave to stray whom He pleaseth, and guide whom He pleaseth: and none can know the forces of thy Lord, except He and this is no other than a warning to mankind.

³² Nay, verily: By the Moon,^C

³³ And by the Night as it retreateth,

³⁴ And by the Dawn as it shineth forth,-

³⁵ This is but one of the mighty (portents),

³⁶ A warning to mankind,-

³⁷ To any of you that chooses to press forward, or to follow behind;-

³⁸ Every soul will be (held) in pledge for its deeds.

³⁹ Except the Companions of the Right Hand.

⁴⁰ (They will be) in Gardens (of Delight): they will question each other,

⁴¹ And (ask) of the Sinners:

⁴² "What led you into Hell Fire?"

⁴³ They will say: "We were not of those who prayed;

⁴⁴ "Nor were we of those who fed the indigent;

⁴⁵ "But we used to talk vanities with vain talkers;

⁴⁶ "And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,

⁴⁷ "Until there came to us (the Hour) that is certain."

⁴⁸ Then will no intercession of (any) intercessors profit them.

⁴⁹ Then what is the matter with them that they turn away from admonition?-

⁵⁰ As if they were affrighted asses,

⁵¹ Fleeing from a lion!

⁵² Forsooth, each one of them wants to be given scrolls (of revelation) spread out!

⁵³ By no means! But they fear not the Hereafter,

⁵⁴ Nay, this surely is an admonition:

⁵⁵ Let any who will, keep it in remembrance!

⁵⁶ But none will keep it in remembrance except as Allah wills: He is the Lord of Righteousness, and the Lord of Forgiveness.

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